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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 24, 1941.

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BASEBALL

Uninteresting Baseball Friendlies Feature Week-End Programme H.B. Meet Weakened Chung Hwa This Afternoon

Recreio Definitely Not Competing This Season

By "Grandstand”

Although the highly bailyhooed Canadians were the first to start? spring training as far back as two imon'hs ago, by turning out for friendly tilts in full, their recent cessation from activities 017 the diamond seem 10 suggest that everything is not "hunky dory." Is this another "f those false alarms that usually fizzle

down to nothing after a few defeats? I sincerely hope that this is not. the case, and that they will in due course send in their entry.

It

has

al-

THE WEEK-END'S baseball card will be featured

been authoritatively by two friendly tilts, when Hong Kong Brewers meet

learned that Club de Recrek who Grandpa Leung's Chung Hwas to-day at 3.00 p.m.

find themselves unable to raise team at this late stage, has de- and the Royal Engineers take on the South China

finitely abandoned the idea of nine to-morrow at 11.00 a.m. Both scuffles will be participating in the league.

though high hopes were original- staged at the Caroline Hill Stands.

ly entertained by many support- Judging from their convincing squads during the winter, the lat-ers, when the venue of the gumes

was still in question. show against the Mighty Tulsa ter enjoying a fair amount of sue- last week, H.B. are a cinch to¦cess, and it will be interesting toi At the last meeting, it was sug- trầm Chung Hwa in an afternoon's|5P6_how they will take to base-gested to have mid-week games batting praelice, Chung Hwa are ball. still scouting around for players to make a trang, not that they canpot feld nine men, but rookies are a dine a dozen, especially those with holes in their bals.

Madeen Slim Arculli will be on the bill for the Beermen with brother Obear behind the batter, supported by their regular infield artists. Stan Leonard at first base, Tony Alves at second, George Souzu at short-stop and Duve Leonard holding third. Outfeld- ers will be Hank "Showboal" Ali, Abbas Ozorio, with Bakar Humet. Neves and Hussain polishing. the pine.

For the Leungmen, Al Lau will toe the rubber with Bill Chang receiving. The rest of the ne- up is still uncertain, but will pre- bably be "Morocen" Chan at first. Ho at second, "Wee" Willie Woo in the windy alley and Kwok holding third base.

To-morrow's Game

On Sunday morning the Sap- pers cross bats with the Caroline Hill team at 11.00 a.m.

Former Shanghai slab artist: Kenny Moy will toil on the mound for the Chinese with Hat Winglee catching. Moy gave * brilliant performance on the hillock for the Chinese last week when he limit- ed the Mauling Mindinaoans to only seven blows in his first game of the year, and is bound to give a better show when he has eased the kinks out of his soup-bone.

Veteran Tommy Chan who will take on coaching duties this year. will be seen at first base, while C. W. "Texas" Ng will be "hop- ping around the middle bag with Wally Ching on the other side.

robber" Nip "the cushion

Lum will be covering the hot-corner. Out in the wide open spaces will be 1. C. Wang, Cecil Winglee and Nelson Ma. Utilities will be Smally Pang Sai-kwong, Dopey Lo and Kwan Yuu-tim.

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The probable battery for En- gineers will be "Lefly" Mike Sars- field and Tom Fox, which is the best combination they have so far produced. The Sappers made the mistake last weck of starting Radcliffe on the mound instead of Sarsfield, the latter conceding total of only three measly blows in the second and third frames, but poor fielding let him down badly. Infielders for the En- gineers will probably be Shaw, at Arst, Jimmy Welford, at second, Heath, plugging up the short-stop gap, and Taylor guarding third base. The gardeners will most likely be selected from Foley, Rad cliffe, Gough, Iley and Taylor.

With the closing of league entries still a week away, specula- tion is rife among baseball en- thusiasts concerning the number of entries to the league.

Pa, ticulars of the forthcoming league have been circulated to the various military units through the Area Sports Board, and with the present interest shown towards baseball, it is quite likely that a few of the keener units will send teams: in. The Royal Engineers, who have already participated in a few friendlies will definitely enter a team.

Army Sides Royal Scoter 80

were able to raise

played off to ease the schedule in case the mumber of entries Justify

SOUTH CHINA DRAWS FIRST GAME

South China football team, First Division champlons and Senior Shield holders, who are touring Malaya, played their first game on Thursday when they were held to a two-all draw by the Com. bined Chinese team at Sin-,

gapore.

yet.

No detalls Arc available

ARMY TENNIS

FIRST CB.C.

GALA

The Chinese Bathing Club will hold their first swimming gala of the season

at at their pavillon North Point to-day, commencing at 7.30 p.m.

Following is the programme. OPEN EVENTS

Men's 200 metres Relay. Ladies' 100 metres Free-style

CLUB EVENTS Children 50 metres Free-style

handicap

Ladies' 50

handicap

metres Free-style

Men's 100 metres Free-style

handicap

Ladies' 100 metres Breast-

stroke.

Men's 50 metres Free-style Obstacle Race.

Besides Sappers, South China such a step, but with the numer- In an "A" Division Army Tennis and Chung Hwa, Chinese teams, ous calls for Volunteer duties, League, P. A. Staff beat 5th A.A. and M. Hassan, 3-6, 3-8, 4-6. and the Mindinao and the Tulsa it is doubtful whe her such a step Regiment, Royal Artillery, by two Sgt. Morgan and Sgt. Coughlin of the U.S. Navy who are sure will be practicable. At the pre-points to one at Sookunpoo yes- | (RA) lost to T. B. Gutteres and entran's, H.B.

undying sent moment, the only teams cap-terday. Following were the full W. A. Reed, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4.

also able of playing mid-week Hongkong Baseballers have

Navy squads, siguilled their intention of joining are the two

Mindinao und Tulsa nines. the league.

and the

girmesi scores:

the

Lieut. J. L. C. Pearce and Cant Whitaker (R.A.) lost to H. Brown

Savage Bdr. Mew and Bdr. (R.A.) beat A. Galpin. and D. S. Clark, 9-7, 6-2, 6-2.

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